THE COUNTDOWN IS ON

I'm in the last month of my junior year and man am I excited! This entire school year flew by pretty fast which is always a good thing while in school. I tried something new this school year by taking 18 credit hours each semester. At first I didn't think I'd be able to handle it because I enjoy taking naps and my nap time became non-existent lol! But I've been hanging in there and am doing quite well I must say. I just started looking at the workload as a practice for me when I graduate and get an actual job that I'll be ready to work long hours and complete several tasks.

I'M EXCITED

In my Computer Art II class, my teacher gave us our assignment for the final coming up. Everyone in the class is to create a personal website. I already made one during my sophomore year in either Vector Graphics or Digital Imaging (I can't remember lol!), but I've grown as a graphic designer and want to start it from scratch. I've already decided I want to use Flash to create it and am looking forward to making it look like I've in dealing with graphics for 10 years plus! I've been researching flash based websites to get some ideas on things I want for my own website.

MY CONDOLENCES

I didn't know anything about the Virginia Tech tragedy that happened yesterday til around 4:30. When one of my teachers were talking about it my mouth dropped wide open. I'll never understand fully what drives an individual to make such criminal acts. The link below gives information about the shooter and how he was a loner. It just goes to show that everyone needs to treats others nice even if you don't know the person. Try something new and say hello to people you don't know on campus. They might just be having a bad day or they might not know anyone around the university. Your simple action could mean a lot and make an impact on their lives.

http://www.news1130.com/news/topstory/article.jsp?content=20070417_155926_4884

COME ONE COME ALL!

Earlier in my posts I talked about a boat race my 3D Design class is having. If you're not busy Wednesday, April 25th, at 2pm out at the lake behind the Performance Arena, we will be having this boat race, SUPER HEROES!!!!! Come and watch as 4 teams battle it out in a race on the lake. Who will be victorious???? Be there to find out. And if you come, let me know because the more people our group invites and they attend, the more points we'll get. Be cheering for TMNT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle).

WOW!

"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."-Martin Luther King

I must have been sleeping under a rock here lately because I just found out last night about this situation. A man named Don Imus who has a show called "Imus in the Morning", apparently referred to the women basketball players at Rutgers as "nappy headed hoes"! After people began to take offense to the remark, Imus replied saying people should relax and not worry about "some idiot comment meant to be amusing." NOT WORRY?!? EXCUSE ME! Someone please tell me where the amusing part comes into play????? Then he was quoted commenting on his own comment on the Today Show saying, "that phrase originated in the black community. ... I may be a white man, but I know that these young women and young black women all through that society are demeaned and degraded by their own black men and that they are called that name." Originated in the black community???? Wonder where he's getting his facts from lol! I thought this racism thing was long put behind us but I guess there are just those select few who still wish to display their ignorance to the public. What actions are going to be taken? Right now he's on a two week suspension but all that's doing is giving him free time to come up with more ignorant remarks. To read more up on this story I've provided some links.

http://www.nbc10.com/news/11536642/detail.html

http://ncaabasketball.aolsportsblog.com/2007/04/07/don-imus-rutgers-controversy-not-going-away/

I'M WORRIED

If you read my blog some weeks ago, I posted about an upcoming boat race for my 3D Design class. Well I've been meeting with my group member in class discussing the boats design but everyone has different ideas and we're not getting anywhere. I wasn't elected the group leader so I don't want to step on their toes and tell them, "hey you need to step up your leadership skills and get everyone on one accord", because I wouldn't want for someone to do that to me. But their had to be a reason she was chosen as team leader right??? I'm looking around the classroom and the other groups are up and moving, and then I look at us and we're still in the discussion phase! I want to win this race gosh darn it, but I feel like my group is slacking. What to do-what to do?!?!?!?!?!?

BACK ALREADY

Welcome back! I don't think I'm alone when I say that spring break went back fast! It feels like I just left two days ago for break. Surprisingly I actually had a bit of fun on my vacation since there's not much to do back home. A lot of interesting things went on that don't usually happen in Hannibal like one of the banks got robbed and the robbers were caught. The last two or threes bank robberies the suspects got away-way to go Hannibal Police Department lol! And the other interesting thing that happened was a man was found dead in a creek behind our Auto Zone by some kids. Stuff like that just doesn't happen in my small town so you know it was the talk in the paper. Other than that.....not too much happened. How was your break?